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Across the Fence:  Good Inside Houseplants?  |
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HeathersStitches
True Blue Farmgirl
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Heather
Lancaster
OH
USA
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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mellaisbella
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
melanie
living on Anne of Green
Gables land
Canada
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 Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 05:21:03 AM
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spider plants are my fave
"we must be the change we wish to see in the world"
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MuslinBunnies
True Blue Farmgirl
113 Posts
Tina
Franklin
NH
USA
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farmmommy
True Blue Farmgirl
500 Posts
Kelley
Texas
USA
500 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 06:14:46 AM
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| Hey Heather....If you'd like a splash of color, try good old geraniums....mine are in my big bay window over my sink, and only get sun until about noon, but still do wonderful, I have found that they are alot like my Ivy's....they only need water when their soil is COMPLETELY dry!!! That makes my watering chores alot easier.....you may also want to try plumerias since your window gets sun longer than mine does....In my opinion, they are also good, worry free indoor plants, as long as they det plenty of sun!!!....Kelley |
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Sitnalta
True Blue Farmgirl
4208 Posts
Jessica
NJ
USA
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Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 06:51:48 AM
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Philodendrons do great inside and they are so bright and cheery in their yellowy green selves. :) I have had a few. I named them all George..Like that name I guess..LOL. I find when there are more plants in the house, everyone feels better. I will be glad when we have more space so I can have more plants..LOL.
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Jessie
Farmgirl Sister #235
For I am persuaded , that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present , nor things to come ,
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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AuntPammy
True Blue Farmgirl
488 Posts
Pamila
williamstown
wv
USA
488 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 06:56:28 AM
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Well, since it's a kitchen window you could plant some herbs in pots and have your own fresh garden right at your finger-tips. They also look really pretty!
"Keep your face to the sunshine and you will never see the shadow." Helen Keller
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kpaints
True Blue Farmgirl
1564 Posts
karen
cheney
wa
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Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 09:10:36 AM
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And the herbs smell so nice, like lemon thyme. How about a prayer plant. Very pretty and it's leaves close up when it is dark. This time of year it is fun to start bulbs like; paper weights, tulips, hyacents (sp)daffs. Have fun.
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4738 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 10:19:13 AM
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I sure wish I had a window in my kitchen that I could put plants on. I would grow herbs in there. Spider plants are super easy to grow anywhere I've learned. I like to buy violets, sweet William or any other little flowering plant that is on sale at the grocery store. Once they are done blooming, I just throw them away. They are much cheaper and last longer then cut flowers, but they don't re-bloom.
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
1607 Posts
Michelle
Rosalia
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Posted - Jan 13 2009 : 3:46:04 PM
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Coffee plants! Talk about shade-grown and organic. :) I have a few planted in a giant coffee-cup planter. Still no beans. I like that they are slow growers so I don't have to divide and repot them all the time. Lovely dark green foliage. And different!
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Jan 14 2009 : 05:48:59 AM
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| If I had a nice sunny window like that, I would have a few potted herbs and some geraniums. I've always wanted one of the scented geraniums, I hear such nice things about them. But my windows are all somewhat shadier. Spider plants and african violets do well. |
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Shirley
True Blue Farmgirl
734 Posts
Shirley
Olympia
Wa
USA
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Posted - Jan 15 2009 : 12:02:51 PM
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I have orchids and african violets in my garden window. They do well there
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HeathersStitches
True Blue Farmgirl
98 Posts
Heather
Lancaster
OH
USA
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
1607 Posts
Michelle
Rosalia
1607 Posts |
Posted - Jan 15 2009 : 3:37:08 PM
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One of the best things about african violets is it only takes a leaf from a plant to start a whole new plant. Ask around...or maybe we can do a leaf swap? :)
We make a difference. http://huckleberrywine.blogspot.com |
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HeathersStitches
True Blue Farmgirl
98 Posts
Heather
Lancaster
OH
USA
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
1607 Posts
Michelle
Rosalia
1607 Posts |
Posted - Jan 17 2009 : 09:13:11 AM
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I clip a leaf off close to the plant so there's a good bit of stem. Fill a yogurt cup with seedling mix potting soil, dip the stem-end of the leaf in rooting hormone (I use Rootone), poke it in the dirt, and put a dome over it to seal in moisture (a liter pop bottle with the bottom cut out, or some plastic wrap held up with toothpicks or chopsticks...just don't let the moisture-dome touch the leaf or the condensation will begin to rot it.) Then you wait, and check that it is moist but not soggy. Eventually you will see tiny little growth where the stem meets the soil. This is your plant baby! When it has grown a few leaves of its own, you can take it out of the "incubator" and it will grow happily along...a little clone of the original.
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